Non-refillable bottle.



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MARTIN PELZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed August 31, 1910. Serial No. 579,800.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN PELZ, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to non-refillable bottles for holding proprietary beverages and other fluids, and being provided with devices located in the neck of the bot tle, permitting the same to be emptied, but not refilled.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a non-refillable bottle-capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, in other words which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in view, which will fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes may be made in the size and proportion-of the several parts and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle neck containing the device forming the subject matter of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3, 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a plan view of a detail of construction.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 denotes a bottle which is made of any suitable material and of any desired shape, and is provided with the usual neck 6, having in its inner surface near to its outer end an annular groove 7, for a purpose hereinafter to be specified. A shoulder 8 is provided around the middle section of the neck, upon which rests a ring 9, preferably made of cork, the outer diameter of which corresponds exactly to the inner diameter of the neck 6. In the bore of this ring is fixedly mounted a tubular valve casing 10, which may be made of a non-corrodible metal or of glass; its walls being of a thickness to produce a rigid structure. This valve ca,- ing is closed at its lower end by means of a cover 11, which may be either fastened to the same in any suitable manner or may be made integral therewith. Slots 12 are provided a suitable distance above the cover 11 in the valve casing, and a plurality of openings 13 near to its upper end 1 1, which is open. A valve seat 15 is formed below the openings 13 upon the inner wall of the easing '10, and upon this seat is arranged a valve disk 16, fastened in anysuitable manner to a stem 17, which is guided. in its movement by a spider 18 and a hole '19 in the cover 11. A small disk 20' isattached to the valve stem within the casing 10, and against this disk and the spider 18 bears a spring 21, keeping the valve upon its seat 15. The valve stem projects through the hole 19 out of the casing 10, and is provided there with a curved plate 22. Below this plate is arranged a disk 23, held by means of a bent wire 24, which is attached to said disk and to the valve casing 10, in a substantially horizontal position and at the proper distance below the curved plate 22. From the disk 23 depends a ball 25, preferably of glass filled with a heavy metal, and held upon the disk 23 by means of a flexible connection 26.

A perforated plate member 27, the outer diameter of which corresponds to the inner diameter of the neck 6, is provided with a channel 28, running diametrically therethrough and at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof. In the channel 28 are varranged two plugs 29, 29, against which downward into the neck of'the bottle, the 7 The bottle is first filled with liquid, and the valve casing 10 with its appurtenances is then pushed down until its ring 9 comes to rest upon the shoulder 8, after which the closing disk 27 is inserted into the neck,

whereby its plugs 29 will enter the annular will cause the ball to be brought to rest upon the curved plate 22, compressing thereby spring 21 and unseating the valve disk 16. The contents of the bottle entering the valve casing 10 may then escape through the openings 13 in said valve casing and through the perforations of the disk 27, so that the contents may be freely poured from the bottle; but if attempt is made to refill, the spring 21 will seat the valve 16, so that the liquid will not flow into the bottle. The closing disk 27 prevents access to the valve by wires or other devices, so that the valve cannot be tampered with.

It will be observed that a shaking of the bottle will not unseat the valve, the disk 23 preventing the ball 25 from acting upon the curved plate 22.

The device is extremely simple both in construction and action, and consequently can be produced at very low cost.

What I claim is:

In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of a bottle, of a tubular valve casing therein provided with a plurality of openings near its upper end and a plurality of openings near its lower closed end, a valve seat below the openings which are arranged near the upper end of said valve casing, a valve upon said seat, a valve stem attached to said valve and projecting through and below the closed end of said valve casing, resilient means for holding said valve upon its seat, a disk attached to said valve casing below the lower end of said stem, a ball and a flexible connection between said ball and said disk.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of August, A. D. 1910.v e

MARTIN PELZ.

Vitnesses SIGMUND HERzoo, S. BIRNBAUM. 

